In partnership with Chocolove.
The air is crisp! The mountain leaves are stunning! It’s the weekend! Do we really need a reason? Clearly not, because we’re making the cake of our dreams.
Let’s say that again: RED WINE. DARK RICH CHOCOLATE. GORGEOUS LUSCIOUS CAKE. Um, yes, drooling.
Red wine bursts from every bite of this bundt, sweetened with sinfully good dark chocolate and just a kiss of cinnamon. If you have a reason to celebrate, this cake will rise to the occasion, but there’s no reason it can’t be a quick just-because treat too. All of this to say: don’t wait!
Grab a red wine that’s on the dry side, nothing fancy, but one you’ll enjoy with a slice of cake. This is a late-evening adults-sipping-cocktails kind of dessert, definitely not for your neighbor’s three-year-old’s birthday party: the wine in the glaze isn’t cooked out at all so there’s a good touch of alcohol in it.
And please, don’t skip buttering & flouring your bundt pan! Sticky batter needs to ‘grip’ the flour to fully rise in the pan, and butter will help it release cleanly.
Cheers to just-because cakes!
Red Wine Chocolate Bundt
Ingredients
- 3.2 oz. Chocolove Rich Dark or other 65% dark chocolate
- 8 T. butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup dry red wine
- 1 T. vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1 t. baking powder
- 1/4 t. baking soda
- 1/2 t. cinnamon
- 1/2 t. salt
Glaze
- 3.2 oz. Chocolove Rich Dark or other 65% dark chocolate
- 3 T. dry red wine
- (optional) dark chocolate shavings
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325°F / 165°C.
- Melt chocolate in a double boiler, then set aside to cool.
- Cream the butter and sugars in a stand mixer on medium speed, or by hand.
- Beat in the egg, then beat in cooled chocolate, red wine, & vanilla.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, & salt to the bowl. Slowly fold dry ingredients into the batter just until combined.
- Pour batter into a well-greased, floured bundt pan.
- Bake at 325°F / 165°C for 25-30 minutes, until a knife in the center comes out clean.
- Cool cake in the pan for 15 minutes, then flip onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
Glaze
- Melt chocolate in a double boiler, then remove from heat. Whisk in red wine until smooth.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled cake. Immediately top with dark chocolate shavings, if using.
- Let set for at least 15 minutes before slicing, or overnight.
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